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CBDT Color Font at a glance
CBDT Color Font
CBDT and its companion CBLC table extended the older EBDT and EBLC bitmap infrastructure into the color-font era, giving OpenType a pragmatic bridge from monochrome embedded bitmaps to multicolor emoji and UI glyphs.
COLR Color Font at a glance
COLR Color Font
COLR began with a relatively simple layered-glyph model and later expanded in version 1 into a richer paint graph with gradients, transforms, compositing, and variable-font-aware color behavior.
Format comparison
| Feature | CBDT Color Font | COLR Color Font |
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| File type | Font | Font |
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| Compression / quality | scalable | scalable |
| File size characteristics | small | small |
| Compatibility | broad | broad |
| Editability | limited | limited |
| Created year | 2013 | 2013 |
| Inventor | Microsoft | |
| Status | active | active |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Archival suitability | strong | strong |
| Metadata handling | low | low |
| Delivery profile | strong | strong |
| Workflow fit | design | design |
| Layer support | Not supported | Supported |
| Vector scaling | Not supported | Supported |
When to use each format
When to use CBDT Color Font
- type design
- brand system deployment
- web embedding
- Supports embedded color bitmap glyphs within ordinary OpenType fonts.
When to use COLR Color Font
- type design
- brand system deployment
- web embedding
- Keeps color glyphs scalable because the graphics remain outline-based.
FAQs
Why convert CBDT Color Font to COLR Color Font?
Choose COLR Color Font as target when scalable colour emoji publishing, chromatic display font production, and OpenType colour font development for cross-platform delivery.
What changes when converting CBDT Color Font to COLR Color Font?
Scalable colour emoji publishing, chromatic display font production, and OpenType colour font development for cross-platform delivery.
What should I review after converting CBDT Color Font to COLR Color Font?
After conversion, review these destination checks: Open converted output in modern operating systems and verify behavior on real samples; Compare output against the expected scalable quality profile; Implementing full COLR v1 support is more complex than handling basic outline fonts.
How can I keep quality stable in CBDT Color Font to COLR Color Font conversion?
Run representative samples, keep settings deterministic, and monitor these risks: Rendering behavior depends on application support for the newer paint formats; Implementing full COLR v1 support is more complex than handling basic outline fonts; Validate destination compatibility before large-batch conversion.